This report was specially prepared for the 3rd Belarusian Investment Forum in Frankfurt. There is a brief description of potential of renewable energy sector in Belarus as a whole along with the information about the separate areas - biomass, geothermal, hydro energy and other sectors.
Chemical and petrochemical industries are one of the largest industrial complex. The leading place on the number of employees and volume of products is taken by chemical fibers industry, mining (potash), heavy petrochemicals.
Agriculture has been and are on of the most crucial sectors of Belarusian economy. It accounts for significant part of GDP and export of Belarus. Being mostly unefficient, it nevertheless has strong potential and unimproved opportunities for development.
Belarus has already made several steps in development of recycling industry. But there still lots of technologies and approaches to wastes collecting & recycling exist.
IT sector is one of the most developing branches of Belarusian economy. It plays significant role in the world arena being one of the leaders together with India and Czech Republic on earnings from export of IT services per capita.
Apart from being one of the main treasures, forest is one of the sources for alternative energy in Belarus. Belarusian forest & wood processing industries are of the great interest for foreign investors today.